Academic Excellence

Shenandoah University views academic excellence and learning success as its highest priority. The institution will achieve academic excellence through the strategic initiatives listed below:

Adopt a learning-centered approach for all activities and initiatives

Academics

  • Increase expectations for student performance
  • Unite curricular and experiential learning experiences
  • Launch Quality Enhancement Plan as part of SACS
  • Implement Advising Task Force recommendations
  • Expand Global Citizenship Project and other international programs
  • Commit to preparing the leaders of tomorrow's church and to maintain a welcoming environment of all faiths

Student Life

  • Improve student services
  • Expand outdoor programming
  • Expand programming focused on global perspective

Enrollment Management

  • Optimize number and size of programs
  • Improve undergraduate first to second year persistence rate

Physical Plant

  • Assess, create and maintain learning-centered campus spaces

Create a culture of assessment

  • Create institutional structure to facilitate and integrate the planning and assessment process
  • Improve monitoring of student retention
  • Create a database for senior administrators and trustees

Provide support for teaching, scholarship and learning

  • Increase support for faculty collaboration across disciplines
  • Increase support for faculty and students creative activities/academic research
  • Create a Center for Excellence in Teaching
  • Create a sponsored projects office
  • Expand Smith Library holdings - both print and online

Source: Shenandoah University's 2008-2013 Strategic Plan

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